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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
claim
path divergence
close procurements (Process)
calendar unit
2. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
threshold
work breakdown structure component
milestone schedule (Tool)
3. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
variance
matrix organization
request for proposal (RFP)
produce scope
4. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
specification
residual risk
buffer
common cause
5. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
total float
three point estimate (Technique)
reserve analysis (Technique)
opportunity
6. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
scope change
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
brainstorming (Technique)
7. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
free float
resource leveling (Technique)
product life cycle
closing processes (Process Group)
8. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
duration (DU or DUR)
common cause
early finish date (EF)
start to finish (SF)
9. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
imposed date
budget at completion (BAC)
backward pass
quality management plan (Output/Input)
10. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
plan communications (Process)
11. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
specification limits
result
project scope
risk register (Output/Input)
12. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.
material
risk avoidance (Technique)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
13. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
approved change request (Output/Input)
lead (Technique)
path convergence
report performance (Process)
14. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
change control board (CCB)
risk
network logic
functional manager
15. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
specification limits
develop human resource plan (Process)
projectized organization
16. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
threat
project time management (Knowledge Area)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
lessons learned knowledge base
17. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
objective
acquire project team (Process)
grade
collect requirements (Process)
18. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
plan quality (Process)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
produce scope
deliverable (Output/Input)
19. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
schedule model (Tool)
secondary risk
percent complete
inspection (Technique)
20. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
request for proposal (RFP)
report performance (Process)
percent complete
21. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break
rolling wave planning (Technique)
virtual team
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
float
22. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes
influence diagram (Tool)
path divergence
actual cost of work performed
perform quality assurance (Process)
23. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
project management
change control
planning package
voice of the customer
24. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r
to complete performance index (TCPI)
application area
external deliverable
activity attributes (Output/Input)
25. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization
request for information (RFI)
specification limits
activity list (Output/Input)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
26. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
backward pass
plan risk response (Process)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
performance measurement baseline
27. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
project schedule (Output/Input)
fast tracking (Technique)
planning package
executing processes (Process Group)
28. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
product life cycle
output (Process)
conduct procurements (Process)
29. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
project scope statement (Output/Input)
estimate (Output/Input)
sensitivity analysis
hammock activity
30. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
direct and manage project execution (Process)
lead (Technique)
fast tracking (Technique)
hammock activity
31. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
change control
matrix organization
predecessor activity
master schedule (Tool)
32. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
effort
preventative action
project calendar
objective
33. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
start date
defect
manage project team (Process)
schedule model (Tool)
34. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met
estimate (Output/Input)
staffing management plan
project phase
authority
35. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
progressive elaboration (Technique)
fast tracking (Technique)
trend analysis (Technique)
work breakdown structure dictionary
36. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
plan quality (Process)
performance measurement baseline
BCWP
subproject
37. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule
contract (Output/Input)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
requirements traceability matrix
38. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
lessons learned knowledge base
assumptions
Gantt chart (Tool)
standard
39. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
resource histogram
lessons learned(Output/Input)
monitor
resource breakdown structure
40. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
seller
three point estimate (Technique)
activity list (Output/Input)
contract (Output/Input)
41. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
functional manager
scheduled finish date (SF)
forecast
42. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
closing processes (Process Group)
early finish date (EF)
report performance (Process)
project
43. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
scope management plan(Output/Input)
standard
acceptance criteria
schedule network analysis (Technique)
44. A product - result or service generated by a process
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
output (Process)
practice
baseline
45. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
project management body of knowledge
forward pass
projectized organization
virtual team
46. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives
schedule baseline
network logic
acceptance criteria
total float
47. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
project phase
constraint (Input)
duration (DU or DUR)
virtual team
48. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
change control
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
administer procurements (Process)
early finish date (EF)
49. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
influence diagram (Tool)
summary activity
Monte Carlo simulation
product life cycle
50. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
late start date (LS)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
invitation for bid (IFB)
result